Drug Topics February 20, 2024
Mental health challenges in the United States were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and pharmacists are poised to help pick up the pieces.
For more than a decade, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and the ASHP Foundation have released a forecast surveying pharmacy leaders from around the United States on key themes and trends influencing health systems and, ultimately, pharmacy practice at large. The Pharmacy Forecast discusses a broad range of topics and aims to provoke thoughtful discussion on issues impacting patient care, population health, and the pharmacy profession as a whole.
This year, the Pharmacy Forecast identified 6 themes for the survey that directly relate to pharmacy services within the community: public health priorities, the mental health...